The proper use of the law for the NT believer.

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Post subject: Dave Dorsey: The proper use of the law for the NT believer.

Posted: Tue Jan 14, 2025 2:07 am

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I would throw this out as an excellent summation of how to properly handle Law and Gospel:www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/law-and-gospel/

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Exactly that. That there is a moral law to which God requires obedience from all people, including those in Christ. That, separate from our justification and salvation (that is, neither

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Post subject: bradfreeman: If Christ is keeping and fulfilling the law in us, then it is no longer I who am keeping and fulfilling the law. Doesn't that truth run contrary to your assertion that God requires

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Nope. Phil 2:12-13, 1 Cor 15:10. I'm not saved because I'm good. I'm saved because He's good!My website: www.bradfreeman.comMy blog: bradcfreeman.tumblr.com/

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Nope. Phil 2:12-13, 1 Cor 15:10. I thought we were talking about a requirement to keep a (yet-to-be-clearly-defined) moral law.1 Cor 15:10But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them,

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The proper use of the law for the NT believer.